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Leading artists, gallery owners, curators and critics pick the best paintings to be seen in the capital
The daddy of London's art collections was founded in 1824 to display a collection of just 36 paintings, today the National Gallery is home to more than 2,000 works. There are masterpieces from virtually every European school of art.
CHECK THIS OUT: The best paintings to see at Tate Modern
WHEN? 1501
I LIKE IT See also 'Madonna of the Meadow'
WHEN? 1500
I LIKE IT See also 'Doge Leonardo Loredan'
WHEN? 1490
I LIKE IT See also 'The Arnolfini Portrait'
WHEN? 1607
I LIKE IT See also 'The Supper at Emmaus'
WHEN? 1601
I LIKE IT See also 'Salome receives the Head of John the Baptist'
WHEN? 1525
I LIKE IT See also 'An Allegory with Venus and Cupid'
WHEN? 1896
I LIKE IT See also 'The Beach at Trouville'
WHEN? 1750
I LIKE IT See also 'Mary Countess of Howe'
WHEN? 1526
I LIKE IT See also 'The Ambassadors'
WHEN? 1533
I LIKE IT See also 'A Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling'
WHEN? 1867
I LIKE IT See also 'A Bar at the Folies-Bergère'
WHEN? 1654
I LIKE IT See also 'Girl at a Window'
WHEN? 1661
I LIKE IT See also 'Self-Portrait with Two Circles'
WHEN? 1669
I LIKE IT See also 'Self-Portrait with Two Circles'
WHEN? 1636-7
I LIKE IT See also 'The Laughing Cavalier'
WHEN? 1884
I LIKE IT See also 'Mont Sainte-Victoire with a Large Pine'
WHEN? 1762
I LIKE IT See also 'An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump'
WHEN? 1438-1440
I LIKE IT See also 'The Arnolfini Portrait'
WHEN? 1434
I LIKE IT See also 'Christ Mocked (The Crowning with Thorns)'
WHEN? 1647
I LIKE IT See also 'The Water-Seller of Seville'
WHEN? 1670
I LIKE IT See also 'The Guitar Player'
WHEN? 1499
I LIKE IT See also 'The Annunciation'
WHEN? 1768
I LIKE IT See also 'Mr and Mrs Andrews'
WHEN? 1630
I LIKE IT See also 'The Water-Seller of Seville'
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